Discover how to clean up 3D scans for production
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to prepare 3D scans for use in production pipelines.
Monday, September 27th, 2021
look development
Maxon releases public beta of Redshift RT
New hybrid rasterisation/ray tracing mode provides a high-quality real-time preview of Redshift scenes.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
hdRstr ray traces thousands of area lights in real time
Neat Maya and Houdini add-on lets you edit ultra-complex lighting set-ups interactively in the viewport.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Discover how to create a lighting template in Katana
Get started with the lighting and look dev software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introductory tutorial.
Saturday, September 4th, 2021
Master the art of grooming CG hair in XGen
Create hair for a male character in Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
Master character look dev in Maya and Arnold
Discover how to light and shade a photorealistic human character with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Sunday, July 25th, 2021
Academy Software Foundation adopts MaterialX
Movie industry standards body to oversee future development of the open format for rich material data.
Friday, July 16th, 2021
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.03
Big free update to the real-time rendering and look dev tool adds neat texturing and lighting features, RTX-accelerated render denoising.
Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Discover how to create digital doubles via photogrammetry
Create production-ready 3D character models with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Tuesday, July 6th, 2021
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Master procedural shading in Houdini and Arnold
Discover how to create realistic shaders for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
Multiverse | USD 6.7 ships
Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free.
Monday, June 7th, 2021
Master texturing for production in Mari and Maya
Discover key texturing techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Thursday, May 27th, 2021